Socio-cultural Processes and Livelihood Patterns at Tirurangadi - CDS

Religious faith thus complements the faith in the market. However, the dominant classes
have not able to convincingly argue that the market friendly strategies are sustainable
either based on environmental concerns or on social well-being.
5. There have been some efforts to introduce development plans based on the
appraisal of indigenous resources, started during the People’s Planning campaign, but
they are yet to yield results. Since the stress has been on commercial consumerist
economy, the results have so far been marginal, and have not resulted in major initiatives
in production and distribution.
6. All this stresses the need for a historical and human geographical perspective on
regional development, which takes into account the geographical factors as they have
been transformed by human intervention through centuries, and the actual experience of
the people in this process. The human geographical perspective underlines the importance
of the land and water management and planning and maintenance of biodiversity that
people have been carrying out, their costs and benefits and the major methods for
improving them on the basis of existing knowledge and skills. The stress will be on
sustainability of livelihood patterns, and which, in the case of Tirurangadi will be on
production centered strategies. Production centered strategies naturally cannot be
separated from distribution, and the strategies will have to be worked out taking into
account the present social and economic milieu.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Administrative Reports of Malabar District
Census of 1871, Malabar District